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No. 439,249. Patente@ 009.928, 1899.

UNITED STATES ADELE MICIIAUX,

PATENT OFFICE.

or PARIS, FRANCE.

CLOSU RE FOR VESSELS.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,249, dated October28, 1890.

Application led November 2,

To all whom t may concern: g

Be it known that l, ADLE MICHAUX, a citizen of the French Republic, anda resident of Paris, in the French Republic, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Means for Closing the Filling or DischargingApertures of Casks or other Vessels for Storing Liquids; and-I do herebydeclare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, s uch as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lis a sectional view of a vessel aswill be necessary to illustrate one form of my improved devices forclosing the filling and discharge aperture. Fig. 2 is a face view of thedevices shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view illustrating afaucet of special construction adapted for use with my improved devicesfor closing the filling and discharge aperture of sheet-metal vessels.Fig. 4 is a section online mfr of Fig. 3, and Figs. 5 and 6 aresectional views illustrating certain modifications in the constructionof said devices.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts wherever such may occur inthe several iigures of the drawings.

The invention relates to the means of closing the lling or dischargeaperture, or both, of vessels intended for the storage of liquids, andhas for its object to provide means whereby such aperture or aperturesmay bereadily and hermetically closed, and to so construct the saiddevices as not to project from the vessel, to avoid breakage in handlingand transportation, and to facilitate the application oi' a faucet orspigot.

To these ends the invention consists in structural features andcombination of parts as will now be fully described, reference being hadto the drawings.

According to the form of the sheet-metal vessel I provide the necessarymeans for iilling and emptying, and these means may be located either inone of the heads or in the body of the vessel near one of lthe heads; ortwo apertures-one for filling the vessel and 1889. serai No. 328.982. I(No model.)

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In Fig. l I have shown the vessel A provided with means for hermeticallyclosing the same, with means for applying a faucet thereto, and with anair-vent consisting ot' a win ged screw-plug a, the faucet being appliednear one of the heads A, while the filling-aperture and vent arearranged in the other head, and said aperture is closed by an ordinaryscrewcap S.

If vthe filling-aperture is not intended for the discharge of thecontents of the vessel, it may be located at any point found mostconvenient, and a separate discharge-aperture provided. In thedescription of these means it will be assumed that the filling-apertureis not intended for the discharge of the contents of the vessel, and istherefore located either near one of the heads A in the body of thevessel or in one of said heads near the edge. To this end the vessel isprovided with an aperture in which is soldered or otherwise secured aninteriorlyscrew-threaded cup C, that is provided with a port C',tapering inwardly for the reception of a cone-valve or valve-plug orbung V, provided with a stem o and adapted to seat in the port C. Thevalve is rmly held to its seat by means of a screw-plug P, adapted to.screw into the valve casing or cup C, and is provided with an axialbore for the valve-stem o, that serves to center the valve, said plugbeing provided either with a Asquare head for the application of a keyor with ribs p for this purpose. It will be observed that the back ofthe valve is dome-shaped or rounded, the stem c projecting axially fromsaid rounded portion o', so that the screw-plug P will bear upon acomparatively small area of the valve-back. This is of great advantagein properly seating the valve, as the screw-plug will bring the same inproper relation to the valve-port should the valve be moved out of linewhen the screwplug is screwed into the casing C.

In order to insure a perfectly-tight joint, so as to avoid all danger ofleakage, I employ a gasket G, either of rubber or lead, of an insidediameter about equal to the smallest diameter of the cone-valve, so thatwhen said valve is forced into its seat the gasket will be one fordrawing oit its contents-may be pro- IOO expanded .and be firmly seatedaround the valve-port. p

In order to facilitate the application of a spigot or faucet to thevessel, I form at the end of the barrel f of the faucet F a cone-plugf', similar to `the cone-valve V, and provide a screw-plug P, that fitsloosely on the barrel f of the said faucet F, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4,so that when the screw-plug P is removed the faucet F may be applied forclosing the port C in the Same Way as the valve. The plug P in this casemay have a segment cut away on each side, as shown at p', Fig. 4, forthe application of a key, or it may be provided with a squared head. Ifdesired, the same plug P may be used for both the valve V and faucet F,inwhich case the cone-head f is screwed onto the faucet, and thevalveplu g P has an axial bore into which is screwed a smaller plug P2,that has a small axial bore for the valve-stem, as shown in Fig. 5. Byunscrewing the plug P from the valve-casing and the plug P2 from plug P,then inserting the faucet-barrel f through the axial bore of plug P, andscrewing to the end of said barrel the cone-plug f the faucet can beapplied as above described, and as shown in Fig. 6.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

said valve being adapted to seat in the port of the valve-casing, of ascrew-plug having a bearing-face adapted to bear on the back of thevalve, and with an axial opening forthe' reception of the stem of thevalve when said plug is screwed into the valve-casing, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, with a sheet-metal vessel provided With theinteriorlythreaded valve-casing C, and the valve V, provided withavalve-stem v and adapted to close the port in said casing, of thescrew-plugs P P2` screwed together and to the valvecasing, said plug P2having an axial bore for the valve-stem, sub stantially as and for thepurposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this2d day of October, 1889. f

ADELE MICHAUX.

XVitnesses:

R. J. PRESTON, LEON OTHOW.

